Deputy Director, Agriculture (Kenya School of Agriculture)
– 5 Positions
Duties and
Responsibilities:
- An officer at this level may be deployed as Deputy Director,
Main Campus or Satellite Campus. Specific duties and responsibilities
include:
Main Campus
- Spearheading the formulation, interpretation and
implementation of the School’s academic policies and strategies;
- Coordinating development, implementation, review, monitoring,
and evaluation of training programmes;
- Overseeing admission of students; overseeing administration
of examinations, seminars, workshops and symposia;
- Overseeing the promotion of School’s programmes;
collaborating with other stakeholders in the development of curricula and
syllabi;
- Guiding on research and consultancy activities; liaising with
relevant institutions and agencies on training matters;
- Overseeing compliance with rules and regulations;
- Coordinating the preparation of work plans and budgets; and
- Supervising, counseling, coaching and mentoring of staff.
Satellite
Campus
- Formulating, interpreting, implementing and reviewing of the
Kenya School of Agriculture training policies, programmes and strategies;
- Facilitating the designing, acquisition, development and
production of training materials and aid; overseeing acquisition of
tools and equipment;
- Liaising with relevant institutions and agencies on training
matters;
- Monitoring preparation and review of schemes of work, lesson
notes and lesson plans;
- Overseeing preparation of training plans, setting, moderation
and marking of assignments and examinations;
- Maintenance of trainees performance records;
- Coordinating training programmes, seminars, workshops and
symposia; overseeing conduct of research and consultancy
activities in relevant areas;
- Facilitating educational trips, visits and field attachments;
- Overseeing performance management and staff appraisal;
- Managing the institution assets;
- Coordinating the preparation of work plans and budgets;
- Overseeing coaching, mentoring, guiding and counseling of
staff and trainees
Qualifications
For appointment to this
grade, a candidate must have:-
- Served for a minimum period of three (3) years in the grade
of Principal Lecturer CSG 7 or in a comparable and relevant position in
the wider public service;
- Bachelor of Science Degree in any of the following
agricultural fields:- Agriculture; Crop Protection; Biotechnology;
Agricultural Engineering; Environmental Engineering; Bio-Systems
Engineering; Soil and Water Engineering; Irrigation Engineering; Structures
and Process Engineering; Farm Power and Machinery; Environmental Science;
Soil Environment and Land Use Management; Farm Management; Food Science
and Technology; Agro-processing; Food, Nutrition and Dietetics; Food
Science and Post-harvest Technology; Agricultural Economics and Rural
Development; Agribusiness Management and Enterprise Development;
Agricultural Marketing; Entrepreneurship; Agricultural Extension and
Education; Horticulture (Floriculture, Hydroponics); Dry-land Resource
Management; Home Economics; Home Science; Home Management; Agriculture and
Human Ecology Extension or any other equivalent qualification from a
recognized institution; and
- Demonstrated merit and ability as reflected in work
performance and results
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